State Policy

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Hyperscalers race to lock in nuclear and gas deals as state moratorium threat crystallizes

With Washington's pause off the table but Albany and Sacramento closing in, the largest cloud providers spent the weekend pre-announcing power purchase agreements they had been negotiating quietly for months.

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States step in as federal AI moratorium fails, governors in NY and CA move within days

Two days after House committee killed the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez moratorium, New York and California governors signaled state-level pauses on large data-center buildouts, opening a patchwork front.

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Albany and Sacramento Advance State-Level AI Moratorium Bills as Federal Fight Tightens

Lawmakers in New York and California pushed competing data-center pause bills through committee Thursday, opening a second front against hyperscaler buildouts as the federal moratorium nears a Ways and Means vote and industry lobbyists scramble to fight on two coasts at once.

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